St. Pius senior Jena Otec

St. Pius X senior Jena Otec serves the ball during the Class 2 quarterfinals Oct. 22. Otec and the Lancers will play Hermann for the Class 2 title Saturday in Cape Girardeau.

St. Pius X will play Hermann in the Class 2 volleyball championship Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. The match is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.

The Lancers (35-4) won all three matches Friday during pool play. They beat St. Paul Lutheran (Concordia) 25-9, 25-11 in their first match. In their second match, they beat Liberty (Mountain View) 25-12, 25-13. And in their final match Friday, the Lancers topped Hermann 25-15, 25-21.

St. Paul (27-8-3) plays Liberty (29-7-2) in the third-place match at noon.

This is the seventh year in a row the Lancers have made it to the final four. They spent the last two years in Class 3, where they finished second and third respectively. They last won a state title in 2011, when they were in Class 2.

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